About the Book
Set in Germany during the tumultuous years between the two World Wars, Gudrun Meir, a young English artist, becomes involved with a decadent, bohemian crowd, and comes under the influence of Rolf Eidhalt, a rising demagogue fashioned after Hitler himself. Complicating her situation, Gudrun becomes involved with her sister Ursula's husband, a controversial British writer. When Eidhalt, planning a coup against the government, presses the pair to use their art to serve his political ambitions, they are forced to flee to save their lives.
Astute readers will recognize the two sisters, Gudrun and Ursula, from D.H. Lawrence's “Women in Love”, and realize that The Love Knot is a sequel to that iconic novel. Lovers of modern realism in the style of Conrad and Scott Fitzgerald will enjoy its rich, intricate story threaded with themes of love, politics and ambition.
About the Author
John Slavin is a lecturer at the VCA Film and TV School, Australia. He has worked as a critic, reviewer and broadcaster in a wide range of literary, visual arts and opera commentary on the Australian Broadcast Corporation (ABC), and for the Melbourne daily newspaper “The Age”.
Slavin holds a Ph.D from the University of Melbourne in Cultural Studies and Critical Theory, and was awarded an Honorary Fellowship from the University of Melbourne. From 1996 until 2011, John was an opera critic for The Age newspaper, and since 1990 he has been a regular contributor to the ABC radio arts programs including Book Talk, Exhibit A, The Europeans, Lingua Franca, and Sunday Morning Arts on Radio National.
John’s experience also includes his work as a theater reviewer on ABC 774’s Sunday program from 1995 until 2005, and as a presenter of “The Week in Film” on Radio National from 2006 until 2012.
His close connection to the arts and literature have inspired John to write “The Love Knot”, a novel of historical fiction set in Germany in the Weimar period during the early 1920s when the defeat of World War One and the penalties imposed by the Allies are causing major political and social rifts.
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